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Patrolman

James J. Casey

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch July 1, 1931

Age 40

Tour of Duty 12 yrs 1 mo

Badge 2807

The Vigil Panel 62 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 570

Incident

Patrolman James Casey arrested an offender who displayed a gun to a waitress he was harassing at a cafe at the intersection of 43rd Street and Oakenwald Avenue. The officer confiscated the weapon and began walking the prisoner to a nearby call box. The offender drew a second weapon and shot Patrolman Casey. Patrolman Casey sustained multiple gunshot wounds and died the next day. The suspect, who was an escapee from the Graves County Jail in Mayfield, Kentucky, was convicted of Patrolman Casey's murder. He was paroled in 1960. Patrolman Casey was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Chicago Police Department for 12 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother, three brothers, and three sisters.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Casey gave the Chicago Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Chicago Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Chicago, Cook County, IL

Platform Identity cpd.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 1, 1931

Tour of Duty 12 yrs 1 mo

Age 40

Badge Number 2807

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

James J. Casey served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman James J. Casey is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In IL, 842 of 1,318 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.9% of this state's fallen. That is 63.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Chicago Police Department, 396 of 571 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.4% of this agency's fallen.

Chicago Police Department

396

of 571 officers

69.4% Felonious

IL — Statewide

842

of 1,318 officers

63.9% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious